All Posts in Category: living and working in Uruguay

  Uruguay, a tiny country on South America’s east coast, is bordered by Argentina and Brazil. This is a country with the highest per-capital beef consumption in the world, where cattle outnumber people four to one. The chivito (translates as “little goat”) is the national sandwich of Uruguay, which is jam-packed with flavor and ingredients….

Plaza de Independencia Montevideo Bei Tango denken viele sofort an Buenos Aires. Dabei hat die Musik in der Hauptstadt Uruguays ihre Wurzeln. Behaupten zumindest die Einheimischen. Eine Spurensuche. Die Stadt, die er geliebt hat wie keine andere und die ihn vereinnahmt wie niemanden sonst – sie verschwindet langsam am Horizont. Noch sind sie schemenhaft zu…

“The Hamptons of Buenos Aires” is the easy shorthand for Punta del Este, a reference to the fact that well-off Porteños started building their summer retreats here a century ago. But I prefer the “St. Barth of South America,” as this sunny, sandy sliver of Uruguayan coast is now also a magnet for Brazilians, drawn…